ADC Phone Call
Posted by Eric Stewart Tue, 15 Nov 2005 18:56:00 GMT
Being a software developer and a Mac user means there is a pretty good chance you have registered for at least the free membership to the Apple Developer Connection. It seems to be a nice program, though I haven’t had the opportunity to heavily utilize it yet.
I was also a subscriber to MSDN (the Microsoft Developer Network) years back. These are great resources for developers.
I was quite pleasantly surprised earlier today when I discovered a phone message apparently from Apple regarding some developer related goings on. Neither the ADC or MSDN had bothered calling me about anything before.
The problem is I really don’t know what they were trying to point out. While the woman on the phone seemed to have a delightful British accent, her rapid firing of words and lack of enunciation left me puzzled. In the middle of it all I thought I made out universal binary and transition kit which is the only way know who the call was from or why.
I couldn’t even decypher the web address she pointed out. Hopefully there will be a handy email explaining it all soon. ;)
They called me a while back, too. The gentleman asked me what kind of development I did, to which I replied “Web development.” He asked if I was interested in their Intel Development system, and I said “No. I do not write native OSX applications. As a web developer, I write applications that run on web servers and web browsers. Besides, I’m not about to pay Apple nine hundred dollars for a computer that they’ll only let me keep for a few months.”